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Hatchery

The Hatchery is one of the many Zerg Buildings that exist in Starcraft 1.

The Hatchery is the primary building for the Zerg. From it, you will build the many Drone units to collect minerals and gas for you. The Hatchery spawns Larva every few seconds, to a maximum of 3. These Larva are how you create units. Due to the maximum limit of 3 existing at a time, it's quite common to build extra Hatcheries so you can have more. These Larva are used to create Drones, but also every other base unit the Zerg use.

The Hatchery can also morph into the Lair and Hive. The Hatchery has 1,250 Health and a base armor of 1. It also has one upgrade that can be researched.